Omar N. Bradley Quotes

Omar N. Bradley — American Soldier born on February 12, 1893, died on April 08, 1981

Omar Nelson Bradley, nicknamed Brad, was a senior officer of the United States Army who saw distinguished service in North Africa and Western Europe during World War II, and later became General of the Army. From the Normandy landings of June 6, 1944 through to the end of the war in Europe, Bradley had command of all U.S. ground forces invading Germany from the west; he ultimately commanded forty-three divisions and 1.3 million men, the largest body of American soldiers ever to serve under a single U.S. field commander. After the war, Bradley headed the Veterans Administration and became U.S. Army Chief of Staff. In 1949, Bradley was appointed the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the following year oversaw the policy-making for the Korean War, before retiring from active service in 1953... (wikipedia)

This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.

Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.

The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.